"Bob Altman" <rda@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> How can I convince the Vista search function to simply look for all files
> whose names match a wildcard?
>
> Search Companion (Windows XP and earlier) allows me to search for files
> whose names tightly match a set of wildcard criteria. For example, if I
> enter
>
> *.exe; *.obj; *.msi
>
> into the "All or part of the file name" box then Search Companion finds
> those files and none others. However, if I do the equivalent under Vista
> (or Windows Search 4 on XP) and enter
>
> *.exe OR *.obj OR *.msi
>
> then it finds many files whose names contain "exe" (for example
> "MyFile.exe.config") and files whose contents contain "exe", "obj", or
> "msi".
I just did it. You'll have to go to Control Panel/Folder Options/Search tab
and select "Always search by file name", then that's what the search is
going to do.
At the Folders Options, you can go to View tab and select "Always show
menus", which will show the the Tools menu with Folder Options that will be
present on the Explore and Advanced Search windows. You can get to ADV
Search by using the Windows-key/F-key combination or you will see Adv Search
as an icon when you use the Search box in Explore.